Secret Romance #36

Charlton's Secret Romance #36 delivers a vivid snapshot of heartbreak and longing in this January 1976 installment. Frank Bolle's cover art layers two emotional worlds at once — in the foreground, a tearful blonde woman dabs her eye while a dark-haired man looks on with quiet anguish, as a smoky vision above them shows another couple locked in a passionate embrace, a telephone tumbling dramatically through the air. With an "All New" promise on the cover and the evocative story title "No More Kisses" waiting inside, this is a fine example of Charlton's warmhearted romance line at its most dramatically charged.